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Patented March 14, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KING, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MARY E. KING, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,946, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed August 12,1904. Serial No. 220,583.

To all whmn it puny concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in extension-tables of the class that extend at the ends with the center-stationary; and its object is to provide a means whereby the leaves will be thrown to place automatically when the table is being extended. 1 attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of aguide with the leaf shown in section on the line 00 w of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a tabletop on the line Y Y of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of a table-top, showing the arrangement of parts; and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the actuating lever and arm.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the table-top, a the side rails, and B the leaf. This leaf is supported upon downwardly-projecting cleats B and Bthat is to say, the leaf on one end of the table has the cleats B outside of the slides D and the leaves at the other end of the table have the cleats B between the inner guides O of the slides D, which are securely attached to the cross-bar H and are held iirml y thereto, while the slides I) may be drawn out with one end of the table and D" may be drawn out with the other end of the table.

The guides O are secured to the end rails of the table and are provided with inclined openings O for the reception of the pins 7) b and g, and my appliance consists of a lever E, that is pivoted to the guide O and the slide D upon the pin F, the hole f through it being much larger than the pin F, so that the lever may be raised up sufficiently to allow it to pass freely over the cross-bar H and the trip it, the lever having an inclined edge at a to be acted upon by the trip to throw the arm G ahead as the lever is drawn over the trip it in drawing the extension out and will force the leaf-pins 5 up the inclines O and carry the leaf R up to the position indicated by its dotted lines in Fig. I, with the pins 7) resting on top of the guide O and holding the leaf level with the table-top.

The arms G are pivoted to the levers at e and at the other ends have pins projecting to one side in position to pass through the inclined openings in the guides and into and through the cleats B, that project down from the lower surface of the leaves. The outside slides D and inside slides l) are secured at one end to the cross-bars H and H", respectively, so that when the table is extended one pair will be drawn one way longitudinal of the table and the other pair will slide in the opposite direction, making an extension at both ends of the table, and if more than one leaf is used at each or either end of the table a lever E and arm G should be placed for each leaf.

The inclined slot G may be dispensed with and the pin g placed in one of the inclined slots O to act both as an adjusting-pin and a supporting-pin.

Z Z represent the table-legs in section.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination with an extension-table having a stationary bed and extensible ends, two slides secured to the table-bed and two slides secured to the extensible ends and movable slides slidingly connected therewith, guides parallel with the slides and provided with inclined slots, leaves having down wardlyprojecting cleats with pins projecting therefrom through the inclined slots in the guides, levers pivoted to the guides, arms pivoted to the-levers and projecting therefrom to a slot in the guide, a pin at the end of each arm, extending therefrom through the slot in the guides and engaging the cleats upon the leaves, and trips in the line of travel of the levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with an extension-table, leaves having downwardly-projecting cleats, across the ends, pins projecting at right angles from the sides of said cleats, guides having inclined slots through which said pins pass, movable ends to the table, slides secured thereto parallel with the cleats and guides, movable slides slidingly connected with the said slides, levers pivoted to the guides near their longitudinal centers, arms pivoted to the upper ends of said levers and extending forward to slots in the guides, pins projecting from the ends of the arms through said slots and engaging the eleat on the leaves, and trips in the line of travel of the lower ends of the levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with an extension-table, a stationary bed and extensible ends, parallel guides and slides secured to the bed and the movable ends, the guides having inclined slots, leaves having cross-cleats extending downward parallel with the guides and adjacent thereto, pins projecting from the cleats and entering the slots in the guides, slides secured to the bed of the table in position to coact with the slides on the movable ends, levers pivoted to the guides for each leaf in the table, arms pivoted at one end to the upper end of the levers, the other end free and having pins that project through the slots in the guides and engage the cleats on the leaves, the levers having apertures much larger than the pin they are pivoted upon, and trips in the line of travel of the lower ends of the levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Port Huron, Michigan.

CHARLES KIN G.

In presence of F. W. GEORGE, H. W. MAITLAND. 

